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Sanlam (JSE:SLM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 41.14 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is Sanlam Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-22), Sanlam's share price is R86.03. Sanlam's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was R2.09. Hence, Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 41.14.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:SLM' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.65   Med: 15.23   Max: 42.17
Current: 41.14

During the past 13 years, Sanlam's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 42.17. The lowest was 2.65. And the median was 15.23.

JSE:SLM's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
89.3% of 374 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 9.15 vs JSE:SLM: 41.14

Sanlam's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was R1.97. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R2.09.

During the past 13 years, Sanlam's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 217.00% per year. The lowest was -43.90% per year. And the median was 17.60% per year.


Sanlam Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sanlam Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Sanlam Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 14.38 - 41.51

Sanlam Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.38 - - - 41.51

Competitive Comparison of Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Sanlam Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Sanlam's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=86.03/2.091
=41.14

Sanlam's Share Price of today is R86.03.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Sanlam's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was R2.09.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Sanlam  (JSE:SLM) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Sanlam Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Strand Road, Bellville, ZAF, 7530
Sanlam Ltd sells insurance products and provides investment and wealth management services. Its operating segments include Sanlam Life and Savings, further divided into SA Retail Affluent provides life insurance and investment solutions to the middle and upper level of the market, SA Retail Mass provides life insurance and investment solutions to the entry level market; and Sanlam Corporate provides employee benefits services, group risk and investment services to retirement funds and corporates; Sanlam Emerging Markets incorporates Sanlam's businesses outside of South Africa, except for Sanlam UK and the smaller businesses in Australia; Sanlam Investment Group incorporates investment and wealth management businesses; and Santam being Sanlam's general insurance provider in South Africa.